The Ghana railway infrastructure is obsolete and dilapidated. There is the need to redevelop and advance railway infrastructure to service the demand for goods and passenger transport, which when done will encourage export, facilitate trade, generate productivity and ensure economic growth and development. Government however lacks the planning, management, maintenance, investment capacity required to do so. There is a business case, there are political champions and some stakeholder interest and support. As a solution therefore, the Government of Ghana can initiate, prepare, procure and implement PPP to engage the private sector to redevelop and advance the railway infrastructure in Ghana.

1. Transforming
Railway
Infrastructure
in
Ghana
through
Public
Private
Partnership
(PPP)
By
Joseph
Harrison
Mensah

2. The
history
and
nature
of
railway
infrastructure
in
Ghana

3. GHANA
RAILWAYS
MAP

4. Ghana
railways
were
developed
to
link
• Major
mineral
centers
and
harbours
to
transport
minerals
to
harbour
for
export
• Major
ci:es
and
towns
for
transporta:on
of
passengers
• Agriculture
centers
for
transporta:on
of
farm
produce
to
major
towns
and
ci:es
• Market
Centers
to
facilitate
trade
in
the
country
In
all,
the
railway
infrastructure
exist
to
encourage
produc:vity;
export
of
minerals,
:mber
and
other
goods;
trade;
and
easy
and
less
costly
movement
people
to
ensure
economic
growth

5. For
over
20
years,
the
Ghana
railway
infrastructure
has
been
obsolete
and
dilapidated
and
the
Railway
Company
is
almost
as
dead
due
to
maintenance,
planning,
management
and
investment
problems

6. The
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
the
infrastructure
and
the
commercial
case
for
the
private
sector

7. The
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
railway
Infrastructure
1
èThe
railway
is
needed
to
transport
people
across
town
èCommercial
Case
1
–
Demand
for
railway
passenger
transporta:on
Services

8. The
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
railway
Infrastructure
1
èRoad
traffic
conges:ons
partly
due
to
poor
alterna:ves
èCommercial
Case
1
–
Demand
for
railway
passenger
transporta:on
Services

9. The
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
railway
Infrastructure
1
è Conges:ons
at
car
sta:ons
partly
due
to
poor
alterna:ves
è Commercial
Case
1
–
Demand
for
railway
passenger
transporta:on
services

10. The
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
railway
Infrastructure
2
èPost
harvest
losses
following
the
break
down
of
railway
network
linking
agricultural
and
market
centers
èCommercial
Case
2
–
Demand
for
railway
to
transport
farm
produce

11. The
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
railway
Infrastructure
3
èThe
break
down
of
railway
network
linking
mineral
centers
and
harbours
èCommercial
Case
3
–
Demand
for
railway
services
for
The
transporta:on
of
minerals)

12. The
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
railway
Infrastructure
3
èThe
break
down
of
railway
network
linking
mineral
centers
and
harbours
affec:ng
mineral
transport
èmining
companies
are
resor:ng
to
the
use
of
trucks
for
mineral
transporta:on
which
is
very
costly

13. PoliMcal
champions
and
Stakeholders

14. PoliMcal
champions
and
Stakeholders
There
are
Poli:cal
Champions
and
some
significant
level
of
stakeholder
interest
and
support,
which
could
be
beOer
developed

15. Conclusion
• Given
the
need
for
railway
infrastructure
to
service
the
demand
for
goods
(including
minerals
and
farm
produce)
and
passenger
transport,
encourage
export,
facilitate
trade,
generate
produc:vity
and
ensure
economic
growth,
there
is
a
need
to
redevelop
and
advance
the
now
dilapidated
Ghana
railway
infrastructure.
• Government
lacks
the
planning,
management,
maintenance,
investment
exper:se
and
capacity
required
• Railway
infrastructure
is
highly
capital
intensive
and
carries
risk
which
could
be
rightly
allocated
• There
exist
a
commercial
case,
there
are
poli:cal
champions
and
significant
stakeholder
interest
and
support.
• Government
can
therefore
ini:ate,
prepare,
procure
and
implement
PPP
to
engage
the
private
sector
to
redevelop
and
advance
the
Ghana
railway
infrastructure